Broncos outside linebacker Von Miller is one of the best defenders in the league when it comes to predicting an offense’s snap counts. Miller frequently darts a yard into the backfield before anyone else on the field has even moved, the result of perfectly timing a snap count.

Miller can’t do that by merely watching the ball with his eyes, he does it by predicting the timing of the snap. That strategy came back to haunt him against the 49ers on Sunday, though, as Miller guessed wrong three times.

“For me personally, three false starts in the first half is just flat out ridiculous,” Miller said after a 20-14 loss. “I’m a gambling man and I broke today. I broke today. I put my team in a horrible situation, very undisciplined and guessing around, but in the end, it ended up hurting us and that’s on me.”

So what’s the solution?

“Stop guessing,” coach Vance Joseph said. “It’s simple as that. You can’t do that. That kept the drive alive and they got a touchdown at the half. That drive, we had three or four penalties. It’s undisciplined, we can’t do it and it cost us.”

Miller did record one sack in San Francisco, bringing his 2018 season total to 13.5. Rams superstar Aaron Donald (16.5) is the only player in the NFL that has more sacks than Miller this year.